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No waiver for Alaibe yet –PDP

From TAIWO AMODU, Abuja and FEMI FOLARANMI, Yenagoa Thursday, October 27, 2011 • Photo: THE SUN PUBLISHING More Stories on This Section Uncertainty pervaded the national secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) yesterday over the expected waiver to former managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Chief Timi Alaibe who has just […]

C’R 2012 guber: PDP chieftains at war over membership cards

Posted by admin Cross River, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Cold war is brewing within the Cross River State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as some chieftains are said to be fighting dirty over who controls and takes custody the membership cards. Daily Sun investigations revealed that the leadership of the party has been factionalised into two following moves by Ambassador Soni Abang, […]

Adamawa 1012: Nyako emerges PDP candidate

Posted by admin Adamawa, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State yesterday emerged as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate at the last primary election held at Lamido Cinena, Yola, having polled 854 votes. The Chief Returning Officer of the governorship committee and the Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, disclosed that the incumbent governor, Murtala Nyako polled 854 […]

State affairs: ACN declares Yakowa missing

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Headlines, Kaduna, Party Politics, State News Tuesday, October 25th, 2011

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Kaduna State chapter has said that with the increasing spate of insecurity in the State, Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa may have lost grip of the state’s affairs. To this end, the ACN has declared Yakowa missing for allegedly paying nonchalant attitude to the plights of the people, but decided […]

1,000 ACN, PDP members defect to Labour Party in Ondo

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Labour Party (LP), Ondo, Party Politics, Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), State News Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

GOVERNOR Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State wants supporters of the Labour Party, LP, in the state to remain focused and avoid distractions by what he described as the lies of the opposition. He spoke in Oke Agbe, yesterday, the headquarters of Akoko North West Local Government Area of the State while welcoming over 1,000 members […]

ACN condemns killing of journalist by Boko Haram

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Boko Haram, Party Politics Sunday, October 23rd, 2011

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as a condemnable escalation of the Boko Haram crisis the reported killing of a journalist with NTA Maiduguri, Zakaria Isa, by gunmen said to be members of the sect. ”If it is true, as it had been widely reported, that Boko Haram killed Isa, then it is […]

ACN blames Gov Suswan for violence in Logo LGA

Posted by admin Action Congress of Nigeria, Benue, Party Politics, State News Wednesday, October 19th, 2011

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has blamed the intolerance exhibited by Governor Gabriel Suswan of Benue state and his henchmen for the violence that rocked the Logo Local Government Area of the state, leaving many dead and several houses burnt. In a statement issued in Osogbo, Osun State, on Tuesday, the party also accused […]

CPC Opposes Plan to Withdraw Fuel Subsidy

Posted by admin CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Party Politics Monday, October 17th, 2011

The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has said it was against plans by the Federal Government to stop subsidising petroleum products consumed in the country with effect from January 2012. The party, in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Rotimi Fashakin, said its opposition to the move was prompted by the fact […]

CPC guber candidate set to appeal judgement

Posted by admin CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Party Politics Thursday, October 13th, 2011

As the Election Petition Tribunal upheld the election of Governor Patrick Ibrahim Yakowa of Kaduna State in the 2011 general election, the governorship candidate of the CPC, Haruna Sa’eed Kajuru has described the judgment as compromise, saying he would appeal the judgment. Speaking with newsmen shortly after the tribunal judgment yesterday passed the verdict, Kajuru […]

Don’t fast-forward Nigeria’s break-up –CPC

Posted by admin CPC (Congress 4 Progressive Change), Party Politics Sunday, October 9th, 2011

As Nigerians brace up for the proposed removal of subsidy on petroleum products, the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) has warned that the decision by the Federal Government spells doom for the country. The Presidency has already indicated that it would remove oil subsidy beginning with the 2012 budget. In a telephone interview with Sunday […]